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Welcome To Downtuned!

“Downtuned Magazine” started somewhere back in 2011, when a man envisioned the creation of a website that could be the “home of the Greek heavy underground”. A website that could function as a ‘beacon’ of the Greek underground scene, spreading the word around the world about releases, live gigs, events etc. concerning the “heavy rock” genre. For that purpose a webRadio that broadcasts 24/7 was also created and the magazine was at first written in English. At this point, what should be noted is that the content of the magazine was not strictly about the Greek scene alone. Many members have joined the Downtuned-team through the years and others have left, but during the last years there has been a solid core of people that continue keeping it alive. Since March 2015, after some organizational rearrangements, the magazine continued to publish mainly in Greek with only a few exceptions.Currently the website is in English language (with very few exceptions on some special features that are written only in Greek). Despite the fact that the magazine was publishing in Greek language for about 1,5 year, most emails arriving in Downtuned’s mailbox are from bands outside Greece. In addition, concerning the web-radio, the 80% of our listeners are from all over the world and that is very satisfying for us, seeing that people from other countries appreciate the work we are doing on the radio, and that we share the common love for this music. At present, there are about a dozen people still in the Downtuned team, not all of them constantly active, but still supporting Downtuned any way they can, since we are friends with each other and we consider Downtuned a small collective.Some members are only active in the radio section broadcasting live radio-shows, others by maintaining the web-radio server and refreshing the music, others by posting in the magazine or helping with the photographic part. Some are or may have been in a band, others are just involved with the scene as common listeners, attending gigs and festivals, or even have worked as DJs etc. There is a variety of people with a variety of skills involved in Downtuned.“Downtuned Magazine & Radio” is being kept alive by people who love heavy music and are in constant touch with the underground scene. The website and the webRadio are non-profit, ad-free and non-commercial. Every member of Downtuned gets involved depending on her/his available free time.